Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Gujarat Rural Debtors (Temporary Relief) Act, 1976

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This Act provides temporary relief to rural debtors in Gujarat by legally preventing legal action against them for one year. It specifically applies to small farmers, rural artisans, and rural labourers who owe debts and excludes certain types of liabilities like government debts, bank loans, wages, and court-ordered maintenance. The measure creates a stay on all debt recovery cases pending in civil courts and suspends attachment of debtor property during this limited period, giving struggling rural households time to organize their finances and potentially improve their circumstances through agrarian reforms.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Bar to suits and applications for recovery of debt
  4. 4. Special provision in respect of decrees
  5. 5. Exemption of certain debts
  6. 6. Power to make rules

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